Re: C-mode blows away may Ctrl-C binding with a prefix -- how to remap prefix?

["Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:23:43 +0200
>> From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
>>
>> David Hansen wrote:
>>> On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:18:20 -0700 (PDT) lindahlb@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm currently using Windows-esque key bindings for copy (Ctrl-c), cut
>>>> (Ctrl-x) and paste (Ctrl-v). They work fine, except when I open a C/C+
>>>> + file. In the major mode, it remaps the (Ctrl-c) key to a keymap
>>>> prefix. I want to remap this keymap prefix to another key and return
>>>> the (Ctrl-c) mapping to my own copy command. How do I do this?
>>>>
>>>> I currently have a c-mode customization hook, but couldn't figure out
>>>> how to do it there. Here is what I tried:
>>>> (define-key c-mode-base-map "\C-c" 'smart-copy)
>>> Pretty all major modes use C-c as a prefix.  Better get used to the
>>> `real' key bindings.
>>
>> If cua-mode does not work as expected it is a bug in Emacs.
> 
> But I don't think the OP uses CUA Mode.  I think he simply rebinds C-c,
> C-v, C-x, etc. to the copy/cut/paste functions.

Yes, you are probably right. Then the solution might simply be to use 
cua-mode.